Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Mark O'Connor:
I can address both issues. It is relatively easily done; it is just a matter of a willingness to want to do it. As an example, we are working with two human rights organisations within the State about including the rights of children with disabilities in the reporting by the State under various conventions. With parents, it is a matter of reaching out to them, asking them and creating a facilitation. It is not difficult and is a question of putting a resource in place for it. There may be some capacity building involved, depending on where the young people and parents are coming from and their knowledge of the issue but it is easily doable. It is something we do quite regularly in our own work in consulting with people with disabilities. It is as easy to do that with children and families.
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